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Judiciary committee advances bill creating private cause of action for certain gender-dysphoria interventions amid heated debate
Summary
SB218 would create a private cause of action with a 25-year statute of limitations and impose strict-liability language for specified medical interventions related to gender dysphoria. Proponents said it creates accountability for irreversible interventions; a broad coalition of medical groups, patients and civil-rights organizations warned it would chill care and worsen provider shortages. The committee advanced the bill 6–3.
Senator John Fuller (Senate District 4) introduced SB218 as a civil remedy for people who claim they were harmed by certain medical interventions for gender dysphoria and proposed a 25-year statute of limitations and strict-liability standard for covered care. "Whenever medical practices result in injury, it is logical that the injured party have civil action recourse," Fuller said.
Proponents, including the Montana Family Foundation’s chief legal counsel, argued the bill offers justice to people who later realize they were harmed by irreversible medical interventions such as surgeries and long-term…
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